A new paper published online today in Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine demonstrates children and small adultsabsorb significantly more cell phone radiation than had been previously understood by using the conventional and widely used assessment methodology,the Specific Anthropomorphic Mannequin (i.e. plastic model of a brain, or SAM),to assess the "Specific Absorption Rate", known as the SAR.

 This study is important because it calls into question present cell phone exposureguidelines from an engineering, not health, point of view. Computer simulation of radiation penetration, in contrast to estimating radiationexposure using the fluid-filled plastic mannequin, demonstrates much greaterradiation exposures, particularly for children and small adults, than previouslyunderstood. The study shows that when phones are placed in the pocket or against the bodythe current FCC guidelines for radiation heating effects are presently beingviolated, and suggests that different SAR exposure guidelines should beestablished for people who are smaller than the mannequin, including childrenand smaller adults. Experts say it is unlikely many cell phones on the market today would pass theFCC certification process with the amount of radiation now being demonstratedwith this methodology. The computer simulation methodology, known as Finite Difference Time Domain(FDTD), is an FCC-approved SAR assessment methodology. It offers 3 orders ofmagnitude higher resolution in the brain than the present methodology and canbe used to measure radiation impacts on different parts of the body, as well,including especially sensitive tissues, such as the testes and the eyes. The higher resolution SAR assessment methodology, the FDTD, is presentlyused widely in research settings, including at the FDA. The authors of the new study (http://snurl.com/19xis1) recommend this moreaccurate cell phone radiation exposure methodology replace the SAMmannequin methodology. It is important to understand that globally accepted physics metrics are nowindicating common cell phone use exposes users to radiation levels sufficientlypowerful to cause tissue damage from heating. Previously, the focus of the cell phone safety debate has been on biologicaleffects from the less well understood, but equally important, 'non-heating' effectsfrom the radiation, which are not addressed by either of the above riskassessment methodologies, and are a separate subject. Another issue, rarely discussed, is that our prevalent method of cell phone use(phone placed against the head) uses more energy from battery drain thancommunications using a wired headset. Using wired headsets not only willgreatly reduce health risk, the subject of the current paper in ElectromagneticBiology and Medicine, but will also be more energy efficient on a very significantscale, given there are 5 billion cell phone users worldwide. On both grounds,governments have a mandate to act now to reconsider the mode in which we asa society use cellular communications. It is expected that governments globally will want to reassess the extent of cellphone proliferation, and especially use of cell phones by children, and torecommend wired headset use in light of this important re-analysis of cell phoneradiation risk.

"The higher risk of tissue damage from common cell phone use demonstrated inthis study using the computer simulation method of SAR assessment suggestsprudent public health policies, globally, would call for cell phones to bemanufactured without the ability to use the phone against the head, nor with aspeakerphone, but only allow communication with a wired headset. This woulddramatically lower risk of biological, and genetic, damage to the population, andto children and other especially vulnerable populations, such as pregnantwomen, by keeping the radiation, thereby, away from both the head and body."

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This is unbelievable! Did you know that there is a wired version of the smart meter so people do not have to be irradiated in their own homes by the wireless kind? Apparently it is called 'Itron' and apparently it is is comparable in cost to the wireless type we have all been forced to accept (under threat of having our power turned off) along with all of its dangerous health effects. Please pass this message on to others and communicate your absolute displeasure with your Hydro provider about why you were not given this safer choice. Ask to have your wireless meter changed immediately to a wired one.

"That's incorrect," said Coun. Mike Goetz of the alleged higher costs for wired. "They do, they (BC Hydro) just choose not to use it."

Toronto Hydro and other utilities, for example, offer a wired smart meter (Itron)to customers. It can communicate back and forth with the utility through a phone line or modem that is hooked up to the meter....

By Martin Banks - 17th October 2011

A conference in parliament heard that repeated exposure to electromagnetic fields from devices such as mobile phones can pose a cancer risk.

The seminar, 'Early warnings: the case of mobile phone and head tumours,' heard how the European institutions 'can act' to help counter the carcinogenic risk caused by mobile phones.

The event was co-hosted by MEPs Kriton Arsenis, Michèle Rivasi and Frédérique Ries.

Arsenis, a Greek deputy, said that 'past failures' to react to early warnings had led to 'public health tragedies'.

The Socialist member said, "Two scientific studies have indicated the first early warnings on the carcinogenic effects of the use of mobile phones particularly by children and pregnant women.

"In many cases in the past, our failure to react to early warnings led to public health tragedies.

"Based on the precautionary principle, the commission should immediately inform the public on ways to reduce exposure to mobile phone radiation, reduce the radiation exposure limits and encourage independent scientific studies to further examine these first warnings."

His demand was enthusiastically endorsed by Rivasi, a French Greens deputy, who said, "We are now beyond the alert phase regarding the abusive use of mobile phones.

"Brain tumours have been definitively, scientifically proved. From now on, this is no longer the principle of precaution that must be applied, but the prevention principle.

"It is now time to act. European recommendations have to be revised and research must be developed on the other effects of electromagnetic waves on living beings.

"In addition to cancer or childhood leukaemia, some studies show the link between exposure to these radiations and Alzheimer's disease, sleep disorders or psychological problems."

The conference also heard from Ries, a Belgian ALDE member and parliament's 2009 rapporteur on "concerns about the health effects of electromagnetic fields".

She said, "The limits of public exposure to electromagnetic fields haven't changed in Europe since 1999. At this time, wireless devices were not used everyday.

"We cannot wait or delay these decisions until later."

Elsewhere, Lennart Hardell, professor of oncology at the university hospital of Örebro in Sweden, told the conference, "Our studies showed an increased risk for malignant brain tumours and acoustic neuroma and use of mobile or cordless phones.

"The risk increased with latency time and cumulative use. Highest risk was found in the group with first use of a wireless phone before 20 years of age."

Further comment came from David Gee, European environment agency senior advisor on science, policy and emerging issues, who told the conference that mobile phones have "numerous social, economic and even environmental benefits".

He went on, "However, there is significant disagreement in the scientific community about whether mobile phone use increases the risk of head cancers.

"We recommend using the precautionary principle to guide policy decisions in cases like this.

"This means that although our understanding is incomplete, this should not prevent policymakers from taking preventative action."

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